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Low-temperature thermal Hall conductivity of Pr2Zr2O7 single crystal

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2023-02-28 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

To probe the peculiar excitations spinons and magnetic monopoles in the quantum spin ice candidate Pr2Zr2O7, we studied the low-temperature thermal Hall conductivity (\k{appa}xy) and thermal conductivity (\k{appa}xx) of Pr2Zr2O7 single crystal with magnetic fields applied along the [111] axis. The magnetic field dependencies of \k{appa}xx suggest the roles of magnetic excitations in thermal conductivity, that is, the emergent magnetic monopoles can transport heat at T > 1.4 K and spinons mainly scatter phonons at lower temperatures. The finite \k{appa}xy was observed at low fields of several Tesla and was discussed to be related to the magnetic excitations, including magnetic monopoles as well as spinons.

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@article{arxiv.2302.13300,
  title  = {Low-temperature thermal Hall conductivity of Pr2Zr2O7 single crystal},
  author = {Wenjun Chu and Xuefeng Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.13300},
  year   = {2023}
}
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